Friday Randoms

Just another week of our crazy, fun life!

Here are a few peeks at our week through the camera lens of my phone. 

Enjoy!

We went to the Irvine Great Park for the first time. 

It was so much fun!

You can ride the carousel for free!

So we did. 

Like a million times.

And then we went up for a ride in the big orange balloon.

for free!

Now you know why I love this place so much!

It was so cool and beautiful and fun!

We will definitely be going back there again soon! 

I tried to give blood at our church for a blood drive

but was rejected.

Apparently my veins are too tiny or my arms are too tiny

at least for the giant needles they poke you with. 

I can't say I was super bummed.

We went to a super bowl party with lots of friends and yummy food.

And I don't think I watched more than 2 minutes of football which made it an extra good super bowl party.

I had to get poked with 40 different things for an allergy test

and found out that I'm allergic to horses and dust.

(I have been randomly breaking out in head to toe hives over the past couple of months for no apparent reason and they were trying to find out why, which they still haven't got to the bottom of)

My hubby wanted a Monopoly rematch.

and for his birthday present I let him win for once. 

I love getting packages in the mail.

Especially when they are filled with pretty fabric. 

Now I have some sewing to do :)

Marie baked my hubby a pecan pie for his birthday.

It's the only dessert he will touch. 

We got to go out for Sushi (just the two of us!) to celebrate my man's birthday! 

Oh how I love him!

I had to get blood taken (for more allergy tests) with all 3 kids.

It was an adventure to say the least.

And once I had finally survived the blood draw they told me I had to give a urine sample. 

I think I sat there for a couple minutes trying to figure out how I could hold Madelyn and pee in a cup at the same time before a stranger offered to hold her for me while I took the other 2 to do my business.

The joys of motherhood. 

This is how I found her when I went to pick her up from the nursery after Bible Study. 

I had to take a pic. 

Yes, she still loves baby jail. 

5 minutes before we had to be out the door for preschool this morning I remembered that today was her Valentine's day party so Mackenzie and I whipped up these quick little Valentines for her classmates. 

Happy Birthday Babe!

Today's my hubby's birthday!

Aaron, 

Thank you for leading our family closer to the Lord,

being silly and making us laugh, 

for supporting and providing for us so well, 

and for being my best friend. 

I love you more every day and am so blessed to be your wife! 

Kristin 

Hey

Wesley cracks me up. 

His favorite phrase is "Hay's for horses."

And he says it all. the. time.

Because apparently I say "Hey" all the time.  

The other day he corrected a total stranger after hearing them say "Hey."

Seriously.

I'm not sure if they thought it was cute or funny or rude.

 Or a little of both. 

And I couldn't help but laugh and then apologize. 

I love my little man and his sense of humor. 

Sunday Randoms

This week was a little crazy. 

Aaron was in Orlando all week so I did what I always do when he goes out of town...

packed up the kids and went to stay with my parents :) 

Anyways, now that we are both back home I'm finally getting back into the swing of things. 

Here's a peek at our week through the camera lens of my phone. 

Enjoy!

Facetime is awesome.

Just another reason I love my iPhone. 

I'm so jealous the hubby got to eat here while he was in Florida.
They have the best pancakes. 

But we were spoiled with some beautiful weather while he way away. 

This little man was determined to conquer chopsticks. 

The hubby and I started a 14 week parenting class (that we have to take for Mackenzie's preschool). 

We should be pros by the time it's done. 

We started Madelyn's verse art. 

yup, she's cute. 

We took a dip in the spa. 

And tested out our new GLITTER watercolors (from Office Depot) that were a total hit. 

And pretty darn cool if you ask me. 

I have been letting Mackenzie stay up a little longer before she takes a nap to have some time to play by herself. 

I think it's her favorite time of the day. 

I'm aways blown away by her imagination.

We had a clothing swap at our church and scored a bunch of new clothes.

The kids helped my dad wok on Aaron's car. 

I hosted a little girl's night in while the hubby was out of town. 

Rob Biagi did a little concert at Mackenzie's school.

She was in heaven. 

My little man.

And we went to a friend's birthday party. 

How was your week?

Embacing the camera

Emily started a little thing called Embrace the Camera. 

She encourages mommy's to step out from behind the camera and actually get into some pictures. 

Even though I'm one of those people who would much rather take the picture than be in it

I love the idea and I love how Emily explains it... 

do you have pictures of yourself, with your little people?

in this day and age of the "momarazzi", many of us are always behind the lens...rather in front of it.

some of you feel much more comfy behind the lens, and i get that.

look, you think i want pictures of myself in the same velour jogging suit for the 3rd day in a row {i slept in that jogging suit each night too---i know, gross, right?}

well, i don't really want those pictures...but my kids do---or, at least they will one day.

how many of you LOVE looking at pictures of your parents, when they were young{er}?

i'm raising my hand!

sadly, i don't have a lot of pictures with me and my mom from when i was younger.

i am off to change this for my kids.

i want them to have an abundance of pictures...to remind them of these days that we spent at home together.

the days may seem to drag...but honestly, the years fly.

is my son really about to graduate...from kindergarten?

wasn't it yesterday that i was wiping his diapered bottom?  and now i am wiping his pee up from all around the toilet.  embrace the pee.

and embrace the camera.

So this week I embraced the camera with my kiddos.

What about you?

Are you up for the challenge?

Project Life

I love to scrapbook.

However I am years and years and years behind. 

So many years behind that the sheer idea of trying to catch up is enough to scare me away from ever starting.

And then I saw this 

and I got a glimmer of hope.  

It's scrapbooking made easy

yet still cute. 

Apparently all you have to do is slip your pictures and journal cards into the photo pages

and you get the feel of a scrapbook without all the work.

Sounds pretty awesome right?

So have any of you tried Project Life for yourself?

If so, I'd love to hear your thoughts. 

Is it as cool and easy as it looks?

I did it

I did it! 

I made these super cute clay baubles necklaces. 

And they were sooooo easy to make. 

And after I made one for myself

a certain little girl just had to have one too. 

the orange one is for me and the purple is for Mackenzie 

She thought hers was pretty cool. 

And so did I. 

And like I said they were really easy to make. 

Go, give them a try for yourself (or for your little one).